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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1937-06-25

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1937-06-25, page 01

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 183
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JUNK. 25, 1937
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy l«
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
United Jewish Fund Reaches $44,000
Keyholer Abroad
London's political whisperers are saying that Sir Herbert Samuel's ele¬ vation to the House of Lords was pre¬ liminary to his being appointed gov¬ ernor of the Jewish division in the rumored new set-wp which thc Royal Commission is concocting for Pales¬ tine . . . Sounds fumiy, hut there's a Jewish paper, in Tcl Aviv which is openly supporting the anti-Semitic, Fascist and Nazi rebel General Franco in Spain . . . The paper is the Re¬ visionist "Hayarden" . . . And it says that victoj-y for the "red" Valencia (Loyalist) government would mean thc triumph of Communism in Spain, while the day that government falls "would not be a day of grief for Jewry" , ., H.iyardcn also claims that Jews arc not being persecuted by Franco, insisting that ,this is a. lie spread by enemies of the "National¬ ists" . ._. There's something sardonic about Mussolini's flirtation with anti- Semitism in view of the fact that one of the principal financiers of Italian Fascism is a Galician Jew by the name of Guiescppe TopUt-!, who is the Fritz Thyssen of Italy . . . Paul Weil is the attorney for Hailc Selassie in thc latter's suit in the French courts to force Italy to permit him to'sell his Stock in Ethiopia's railway . . . Carlo Cogni, director of the Italian Culture Office in Hamburg, is actively seeking to prove the superiority of thc Italian rather than the Nordic race ... In stressing the point, he argues that though "the Jewish race is inferior in many respects, the Italian Jews are of a better race" . . . But he is in accord with the Nazis that "thc Jews are the pioneers of Communism" . . . Margaret Fontages, the French siren who tried to shoot up Count de Chambrun, thq French ambassador to Rome, because he busted up her liaison with II Duce, is the daughter of a French* Jewish merchant ... You Should Know Our .private gumshoes report that ""the ToUowing gentlemen were amoiig the 18 people present at that secret Jewish unity pow-wow at the New Yorlc Harmonife Club, which we told you about a few columns back . . . Professors Horace M. Kallen and Jerome Michael, wJio are affiliated with the American Jewish Congress; Edward Grecnebaum of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee; Louis Fabri- cant, Henry Monsky and Carl Aus¬ trian of tlie B'liai Brith, and Judge A. K. Cohen of Boston and Modic Spiegel of Chicago , . . None of the gentlemen represented their organiza¬ tions . . . We hear that the meeting, and others to follow, are an out¬ growth of that recent parley called in Chicago by the Anti-Defamation League . . , That anti-Nazi outfit which we reported as being ready to fold got a new lease on life tlianks to some unexpected money obtained from one of its big shots . . . Marvin Lowenthal, author and globe trotter, now has a cubbyhole in the American Jewish Committee's office . . . There's a movement afoot to draft Harry Schaffer of Pittsburgh for a second term as commander-in-chief of the Jewish War Veterans . . . He's done a swell job . . . Incidentally, Detroit will probably get thc 193S convention of the J. W. V. . . , AU the rabbis who serve a<; directors of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations must he married . , . Which makes it tough on the coeds . - . Someone who got caught tells us that the latest tech¬ nique develbped by fund-taisers for New York's Jewisli Federation is to lock the, doors at prospect meetings held in hotels and to ,bar doors and windows by blockading them with furniture when meetings are held at country clubs . . .
Strange But True Pacific Coast Catholics might like to' know that 'Manfred von Killinger, the new German consul in San Fran¬ cisco, is the man who assassinated Mathias Erzberger, the Centrist min¬ ister of finance during'the days of the German republic .... Erzberger, who was a Catholic, was shot from ambush . . .After the killing Killin¬ ger (swell name for a killer!) fled to Hungary, where he remained until . Hitler came to power , . . As a re¬ ward the Fuehrer made him a "Statt- Iialter'' of Saxony . . . Colonel Edwin Emerson, one-time president of the Society of American Friends of Ger¬ many, wlio fled to Germany in Janu¬ ary, 191H, to escape testifying before the Congressional connnittee on tm- American activities about his N^zl (Contintted on page 2)
After a thorough checkup had been made of thc subscription cards turned in to date by some US workers of the United Jewisii Fund, Simon La:!arus, its treasurer, is happy lo rcjfort that Columbus Jewry has reached the minimum goal of $-14,000. Prospective subscribers are" still being solicited with thc hope of raising sev¬ eral thousand dollars more, an amoimt which is badly needed in order to carry out the necessary budget for worthwhile endeavors.
According to E. J. Schanfarber, Chairman of the Fund, the results so far have been most gratifying. "In my many years of furtd raisings," he said, "I have ncvci' experienced such splendid cooperation from the loyal and devoted workers wliose untiring efliorts ha\e resulted in thc unusual success so far. This whole-hearted support is "indeed appreciated by the
U. J. F. officers. Our genuine thanks aUo goes to our many contributors who have rcsiwndcd nobly to our 1937 appeal."
The Chronicle is of thc opinion that there has never been a question as to the fairness of our local leaders in the distribution of these monies to in¬ stitutions that are most descrying, here and abroad. It is for this reason that it feels confident that no scU-respcct- ing Jew in our midst wilt shirk his or her responsibility towards this most important agency "The United Jewish Fund".
In thc eveht tliat any individual has not been solicited, thc committee will appreciate it if he will mail a check for thc subscription to E. J. Schan¬ farbcr, 1-10 E. Broad St., Columbus, O. Please make it payable to Simon Lazarus, Treasurer, United Jcwi&h Fund of Columbus.
On A. Z. A. Convention Program
Dr. Jos. S. Kwnfeld Leaves
To Study Palestine
Situation
NEW YOkK—Dr, Josciili S. Koinfcltl, fofmcr Americin minister to Persia and previous to tliat .spirit¬ ual leader of tljc Brydcn Road Tem¬ ple, Columlnis, Ohio, sailed this week on the S. S. Exochorda for a tour of thc Near East and Europe, during which lie will make a special study of the present situation in Palestine. Dr. Kornfeld has been deeply inter- ested in the Jewish development of thp country and ifi thc past two years visited itiany important coiiiniunities in the United States in behalf of the United Palestind Appeal, thc %i,- QOU.OOO national campaign for thc set¬ tlement in Palestine of large numbers of Jews .of Pdlaiid, Germany and other lands.
In the courbe of his tour Dr. Korn¬ feld will also visit Persia, Russia, Italy aud the Scandinavian countries. Hc is schedtded,to arrive in Pales¬ tine on July llth, During his stay in Palestine Dr. Kornfeld will investi¬ gate eeonoiiiic and political conditions and examine the possibilities for ex¬ panded effort in' the near future in which American Jews are vitally con¬ cerned.
Chautauqua Speaker At Ohio State University
From left to right: Abraham Goldbert;, Alfred M. Cohen, Rabbi Milton Steinberg, Inspector L. C. Schildcr-
PORT JERVIS, N. Y.-Camp A. Z. A., in this city, is now ready to receive thc more than 500 boys who have been selected as delegates from their respedtive cities to the Bar Mitzvah 'Convention of the Aleph Zadik Aleph, Junior Order B'nai B'rith, to be held June S-i lo June 30.
An important feature of the con¬ vention, which will commemorate the thirteenth anniversary of the found¬ ing of the order, will be a scries of forums to be conducted by leading authorities in their-fispective fields: Inspector L. C. Schilder, chief of the identification division ^of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, will lead a forum "Youth and Crime."
Rahbi Milton Steinberg, of the
Z. O. A. Convention Opens; American
Jewry Holds Key to Critical
Palestine Situation
Rabbi David Wice
Park Avenue Synagogue, New York City, and an editor of "The Recon- structionist," will conduct the forum on "Judaism as a Civilization." Dr. Abraham Goldberg, the oldest mem- ber^n point of service—of the World Zionist Actions Committee and vice president of the American Jew¬ ish Congress, will conduct a Camp fire Forum on "Palestine Before aud After the War."
Principal speaker at the Bar Mitz¬ vah Celebration, which will take place on Sunday evening, June 27th, "v/iir be Alfred M. Cohen, interna¬ tional president of the B'nai B'rith. Still another forum on "Youth and His Responsibility to World Peace" will be conducted by Dn J. Max Weis, director of the Educational Department of World Peaceways.
Jewish Agepcy Launches
Important Economic
Pr9Jects
JERUSALEM (W N S) — Palcor Agency)—Plans 'for a series of eco¬ nomic projects of major importance to the development of Palestine have just been completed by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, The program of economic activity outlined by the Jewish Agency consists of six indus¬ trial and agricultural cnteri^rises as follows:
(1) The sum of approximately ^1,000,000 to be advanced to Jewish orange growers with the aid of Pales¬ tine banks; (2) the capital of indus¬ trial banks to be increased by approxi-
J. N. F. Raised $665,533 in United States Last Year,
NEW YORK (WNS)—American Jews contributed $GG5,533 to the Jewish National Fund during the pe¬ riod from June 1, 1936, to May 31, 1937, the largest ever raised for this purpose in one year, according to the report of Dr. Israql Goldstein, presi¬ dent, to the fortieth annual conven¬ tion of the Zionist Organization of America. The sum represents a 39 per cent increase over the correspond¬ ing period of the preceding year. In¬ cluded in the sura is $320,009 derived from the traditional fund-raising methods of the J. N. F. and $339,532 in allotments from the United Pales¬ tine Appeal. The total raised by the J. N. F. in the United States in the last thirty-five years is now $5,208,- G21, This year's contributions iilao include $8G,71G received in response to the appeal fqr planting trees de stroyed during the Arab disturbances and $15,000 from Hadassah to plant a forest in honor of Justice Louis D, Brandeis* eightieth birthday.
Council for Gerinan Jewry
Appropriated $3,275,000
In 1936
LONDON (WNS) ~ The Council for German Jewry appropriated $3,- 275,000 in 1936, according to its first annual report which has been made public here by Lord Herbert Samuel, chairman. The appropriations in¬ cluded $880,000 for work in Ger¬ many, $1,375,000 for the settlement of German Jews in Palestine and $1,- 020,000 for the maintenance of ref¬ ugees outside of Germany. The re¬ port gives the amounts contributed by the council's component bodies as fol¬ lows: British section of the council, $1,510,000; Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee, $1,050,000; Jewish Coloniza¬ tion Association, $340,000; United Palestine Appeal of America, $250,- 000; Keren Hayesod of Germany, $125,000.
The raiitribulinns Judaism hds made to ci\ilizalion, thc part thc Jew has l^lajed in tlie development of this couiitr\, his ideals, his a'^pirfitions, the niar\clous 'litcraluve hc hab };ivcu to thc world—all these will be brought to the non-Jewish students and facul¬ ties, and lo the public in 55 universi¬ ties, colleges and state teachers in- .st'lutions in 31 slates during UUI7 by The Jewish Chautauqua Society — the most extensive and comprehensive program in its It years of existence.
Fnunded in 18D3 bv the late Dr. Henry Berkowitz of Philadelphia, the socictv—thc only national organization engaged in such educational work—is likewise the only one accepted for such presentations by the Anierican colleges.
These lectureships are largely con¬ centrated in the Summer Schools be cause most summer school students— teacher.s, graduate students, etc., — are mature, serious minded men and women who will carry on the mes- agcs given them, never rtiore vitally needed than today, when the forces of
NEW YORK (WNS)—As dele¬ gates from 330 cities asscmldc in New York tomorrow night (Satur¬ day) fbr thc opening of the fortieth anniversary convention of thc Zion¬ ist Organization nf America, Ameri¬ can Jewry will hold thc key to the critical political situation that has been created by the reported plans of the Uoyal Commission'to cut Palestint in two and deal a severe blow to the future tievclopment of the country. Thc keynote of the convention will be somidcd by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president, in an opening address in which hc is cxpcjcted to sii^nmon American Jewry to united action in defense of Jewish rights in Palestine that will not merely avert any threats of partition, but that will inspire in Jews throughout the world new faith in the responsibility' of American Jews.
American Zionists arc determined to fight uncompromisingly any proposal by the Royal Commission that would circum<;ci:tbc thc provisionb of the Pjalfour Declaration and the League of Nations Mandate and limit the bplicre uf Jewibh activity in Palestine. In presenting their case to the British Government, American Zionists will appeal tq American public opinion to prevail upon thc United States to re¬ mind Great Britain that it looks with disfdvor upon any violation of the treaty \\hich specifically states that the British Go\ ernment cannot revise any of the termR of the mandate with¬ out consultation with and approval by America. The role of America in this fundamental issue is intimately tied up with the role of America in the general international ¦situation, where its voice is such an iridispensable fac-
scfiiicl to the session ,^which will re¬ view forty years of Zionist effort in America and throughout the world, for looking backward upon four dec¬ ades of activity that have brought thc movement to a decisive stage will nb\iously stimulate more concentrated effort in the future.
In thc personality of Dr. Stephen S. Wise the convention will fmd a leader whose career ^has been in- tmlatcly bound up with Zionist effort from thc very inception of the Zion¬ ist movement in America in 1897 when Dr. Wise became the first hon¬ orary secretarj of the Federation of Anierican Zionisth, Dr. Wise's posi¬ tion at the helm of the organization on thc occasion of iti fortieth birth- tlay will serve as a dramatic link in the chain of Jewish events since Theodor Herzl was stirred by the Dreyfus trial to establish the World Zionist Organization. Men who have built American Zionism from its humble beginning', at the turn of the century will appear before the con¬ vention to review the chapters in which they were thc chief protago¬ nists. Dr, Harry Fricdenwald of Baltimore, who succeeded the late Profcasrtr Richard Gottheil as presi¬ dent in l!)Ot; I..x>uis Lipsky, who fol¬ lowed him as chairman and returned m V}>1 to Iiead the organization; Judge Julian W. Maqk, successor to Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, and Morris Rothenberg, who preceded Dr. Wise, will 'review the chief developments during their period of leadership of the Zionist Organi:iation of America.
Climaxing the convention will be a mass nieeting qn Tuesday evening, June 29th, at Carnegie Hall, %vhere
tor in the preservation of democracy, [ high govei nment officials represent-
mately $125,00(1^ (3) the sum of» , , - • ,.
$300,000 for-cxp^iting public i^^orks'^'-^''^^''-''^'^'^^*'"*^^'^"'^ 1'"*'""^'^'*''^'^'' and building construction undertaken | '^P'^^^'^'S slander^ and falsehoods to
with the co-operation of the Bitzur Corporation; (4) thc floating of e new bond issue of $250,000; (5) to¬ gether with. Nir, the colonization company of the Histadruth, thc Jew¬ ish Agency to undertake the building ot 300 new houses in labor colonies, and (0) a large irrigation project hi the Emek, "which will cost more than $300,000, to be sponsored by Meko- roth, a water company (jreated by thc Keren Hayesod and the Keren Kaye¬ meth, together with the Jewish Agency and Nir,
Coughlin Union Bars Jews
^ DETROIT (WNS)—Belying his repeated denials that he is an anti- Semite, ^Father Charles E. Coughlin has organized a new labor movement which specifically excludes Jews. The name of the organization is the Work¬ ers' Council for Social Justice and it will be affiliated with the radio priest's National Union for Social Justice. Announcement of the new organization, in the current isaue of Social Justice, Father Coughlin's weekly, reveals that membership in the councils will be limited to Chris¬ tians, Catholic or Protestant.
Nazi Court Annuls Wiir Mak¬ ing Jew Heir
' BERLIN, \WNS)—A new device iiiv confiscating Jewish property in Germany has been evolved by a Leip¬ zig court which annulled the will of a German who had made his heir a Jew. The court ruled that this will was "contrary to German race senti¬ ment." The judicial, magazine, Deutsche Justiz, pubtishckl the de¬ cision and described it as "important in principal."
Boston Bans Shylock from Public School Curriculum
BOSTON (WNS)-Boston joined the growing list of cities that have barred thc use of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" from the pub¬ lic school curriculum when the mu¬ nicipal school committee voted to eliminate the "Shylock" sto;*y as compulsory classroom reading. The school committee acted after having received many complaints from Jew¬ ish organizations, including the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League. . Un¬ der the new regulations adopted by the scliool committee, the play is for¬ bidden as a subject of classroom dis¬ cussion, but may be selected by pupils for voluntary reading.-
Rooaevelt Gets Plea or Arabs
JERUSALEM (WNS-Palcor
Agency)—An appeal to' President Franklin D. Roosevelt on behalf of the Arabs of Palestine was dis¬ patched from here in the form of a cablegram by the Arab Higher,Com¬ mittee. Tile message declared that the Arabs, were, "saddened and alarmed by the efforts of the Jews to induce the United Slates to inter¬ vene against the just Arab demand to live freely in our own country."
Pittsburgh Jews to Lose Pri¬ mary Votes Because of Yom Kippur
PITTSBURGH (WNS)—Election boards in Alleghany County will be seriously disrupted because the pri¬ mary election is scheduled for Sep¬ tember 14th, the day before Yom Kippur. Election officials expect that all Jewish members of the election boards will resign, There is.also fear that a large proportion of the 00,000 eligible Jewish voters who customarily vote late in the dai will not cast bal¬ lots because of the holiday eve.
thc detriment and hurt of the Jew, A particular effort therefore has been made to gain entree into those sec¬ tions of the country where the Jews, few in number, are more likely to feel the scourge of this type of persecution.
Not in any sense a propagandist or proselytiziii'^ agency. The Jewish Cliautauqua Society aims, through its speakers, to present scholarly, truth¬ ful pictures of Jewish culture, of Jew¬ ish history, and of the J-ewish spirit, hoping thereby to promote understand¬ ing, good will and friendly coopera¬ tion, and to dispel and to destroy hatred, misunderstanding and misin¬ formation.
As the first Chautauqua speaker in the Columbus area, the organization will on next Wednesday, June 30, at Ohio State University, present Rabbi David Wicc of Omaha. Rabbi Wice's topic will be "Judaism and Democ¬ racy." The Rabbi is regarded as one of the abler of the younger members of the Rabbinate. The public is cordially invited to hear him.
Urge Christians and Jews to
Back Boycott as Aid To
German Christians
NEW YOKK (WNS)--An appeal to Christian .md Jew tp join in the supiKJirt ot the German Protestant churches in then fight for existence and a propusil that American Chris¬ tians give hiuincial support to the anti-Najii buytalt were mado here by Samuel Untermyer, president of the Non-Sccmuii Anti-Nazi League. He said th it such united action "would put the ttittering Hitler regime out of business within a few months."
NEW PLAN FOR AID TO GERMAN JEWS READY
LONDON (WNS) —Completion of. arrangeincnts for facilitating re¬ lief to JewH ill Germany by their friends and relatives ajiroad on an advantageous biisis have been com¬ pleted, it was announced here by the Interiiation?! ¦ Commercial and In¬ vestment Agency; The agency also rcT ported tJie conHusion of arrangements for assisting (Jcnnan Jews who emi¬ grate to take their capital with them.
Judge Jacob 1'eitel of.;Berlin, 88- year-old leader of the Russian Jewish colony there, has arrived in London on a mission to obtain help for the Russian Jews m Berlin. He reported that their plight was pitiable.
Ida R. Goldsmith Passes
We deeply regret to announce the death of Mrs. Ida R. Goldsmith, which occurred Saturday, June 19, at the White Cross Hospital. The cause of her death was peritonitis, resulting from an appendicitis operation. Mrs, Goldsmith was one Of the most be¬ loved and' highly esteemed members of the Jewish community. She was president of the Rose E. Lazarus Sis¬ terhood of Temple Israel, and promi¬ nent Ul civic and club activities. The deceased was also a former director of the Columbus Women's Club and an active Community Fund worker.
Surviving are her husband, Sol W. Goldsmith, a daughter, Bettye, and a son, Byron.
Funeral services were held in Schoedinger's Chapel Monday, at II a. m., with interment in Green Lawn Cemetery, Rabbi Lee J. Levinger ot- ficiatcd.
and the last remnants of the treaties and pledges that were solemnly made at the end of the World War.
World Zionist leaders now look to America for a reinforcement of their position in the'struggle against cur¬ tailment of Jewish rights in Palestine, as world Jewish leaders look to America for encouragement in the struggle for a maintenance 6i Jewish rights throughout the world. The fact that the convention of the Zionist OrganizEEtion of America will be held in New York in itself represents an cxtraordinarj state of affairs, since the only other convention ever held in this city was the one following the World War where the era of upbuild¬ ing was launched following the estab¬ lishment of the mandate over Pales¬ tine. The necessity for mobilizing not only the Jews of America but all Americans hi support of Palestine will bring into focus the need for en¬ larging thCs scope of the Zionist Or- ganii^ation, and it is expected that this question will receive considerable at¬ tention during the sessions of the fortieth anniversary convention. This will be more or less of a logical
ing the nation, state and city will join with leading Zionist personalities in voicing opposition of Ambrica to any plan that may be proposed by the (RoyaV Commission curbing the Jevr¬ ish development of Pafestine in viola^-" tion of the Balfour Declaration and the League of Nations Mandate. At this mass meeting the sentiments of the government representatives will reflect the attitude of the American Governin<ait toward future British policy in the homeland. It is quite possible that before the date of this public meeting the British Govern¬ ment may revise its reported plans of partition or cantonization. What- e\er the political situation, however, it is quite apparent that the fortieth anniversary, convention of the Zion¬ ist Organization of America will be closely watehed by all Jewish groups throughout the country as well as in other parts of thc world. Whit trans¬ pires in New York City this weefc- end will have its repercussions in Zurich, Switzerland, next August when the twentieth biennial World Zionist Congtess meets to act upon world Zionist problems.
Refugee . Professor Honored by Lisbon Academy of Sciences
LISBON, PORTUGAL-(WNS)
—Dr. Friedrich Wohlwill, professor at the Santa Marta University Hospital inin Lisbon, has been appointed a cor- resiMJiiding member of the Academia des Scieiicias. He is a refugee from Germany, where he was formerly anatomic pathologist at the St. Georg Hospital in Hamburg.
Conununity Invited to the
Agudath Achiin Cemetery
Dedication July 11
Only two weeks remain for the formal dedication ceremonies of the new Agudath Achim Cemetery on Sunday, July 11, at 2:00 p. m. An elaborate program has been prepared for that occasion, to which solemn event thc entire community, as well as the Jewish communities of neigh¬ boring towns, are most cordially in¬ vited to attend.
The program, according to Rabbi M. Hirschsprung, will consist of special prayers and appropriate hymns in con¬ formity with the rules laid down by Rabbinic authorities of past genera¬ tions. Cantor Ph. Gellman will chant part of the Slichos of the High Holi¬ days and will be assisted by a large choir which has been coached for several weeks. The principal address will be made by an outstanding out-of- town Rabbi whose name, will he an¬ nounced in a.forthcoming issue of the Chronicle. A platform with a.seating capacity of forty will be erected espe¬ cially for this event.
According to Jewish tradition, the dedication of a new cemetery has al¬ ways been connected with awe-inspir¬ ing ceremonies, recalling to Israel the memory of all its illustrious leaders and teachers of bygone days. In. line with this hallowed custom, a Ha: karah (El Mole Rachmim) will also be made f^r the departed members of the congregation. ,
Watch for more details regarding the cemetery detlication in forthcom¬ ing issues of the Chronicle.
Three Jews Help Austria Win World Bridge Title
BUDAPEST (WNS)—ThrcQ of the four Austrian players wbo de¬ feated an American team here for the world contract bridge championship are Jews. The Jewish players were Mrs. Schneider and Messrs, Geissler and Jellinck.
New Anti-Jewish Regulations In Tripoli
TRIPOLI (WNS) —Sabbath ob¬ servance may soon be impossible for all Jewish merchants in this Italian- controlled city. Having forced the Jews in the New City to keep their stores open on Saturday or else move back into the ghetto, local Fascist functionaries are now insisting that Jewish shopkeepers in the Old City do the same. Indicative of the grow¬ ing aiiti-Jewish feeling here is the ban on all Zionist meetings and the order tp the Bar Cochba and Tel Aviv Jewiah sports clubs to adopt Hebrew names.
Eddie Cantor Heads Jewish Theatrical Guild
NEW YORK (WNS)—Eddie Cantor was elected president of the Jewish Theatrical Guild at its an- ¦ nual meeting here. Other«officers chosen were George Jessel, Fred Block, Sam H. Harris, Hugo Rie^en- feld, A. A. Jailer and VVilliam Morris, Jr,, vice-presidents; Abe Lasvogel, treasurer, and Dave Ferguson, execu¬ tive secretary,

Central Ohio's Only
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Reaching Every Home
Sttl^ ®l|t0 Jmtslj Qlhrottt^
Devoted to American i and »
Jewish Ideals \
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 183
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JUNK. 25, 1937
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy l«
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
United Jewish Fund Reaches $44,000
Keyholer Abroad
London's political whisperers are saying that Sir Herbert Samuel's ele¬ vation to the House of Lords was pre¬ liminary to his being appointed gov¬ ernor of the Jewish division in the rumored new set-wp which thc Royal Commission is concocting for Pales¬ tine . . . Sounds fumiy, hut there's a Jewish paper, in Tcl Aviv which is openly supporting the anti-Semitic, Fascist and Nazi rebel General Franco in Spain . . . The paper is the Re¬ visionist "Hayarden" . . . And it says that victoj-y for the "red" Valencia (Loyalist) government would mean thc triumph of Communism in Spain, while the day that government falls "would not be a day of grief for Jewry" , ., H.iyardcn also claims that Jews arc not being persecuted by Franco, insisting that ,this is a. lie spread by enemies of the "National¬ ists" . ._. There's something sardonic about Mussolini's flirtation with anti- Semitism in view of the fact that one of the principal financiers of Italian Fascism is a Galician Jew by the name of Guiescppe TopUt-!, who is the Fritz Thyssen of Italy . . . Paul Weil is the attorney for Hailc Selassie in thc latter's suit in the French courts to force Italy to permit him to'sell his Stock in Ethiopia's railway . . . Carlo Cogni, director of the Italian Culture Office in Hamburg, is actively seeking to prove the superiority of thc Italian rather than the Nordic race ... In stressing the point, he argues that though "the Jewish race is inferior in many respects, the Italian Jews are of a better race" . . . But he is in accord with the Nazis that "thc Jews are the pioneers of Communism" . . . Margaret Fontages, the French siren who tried to shoot up Count de Chambrun, thq French ambassador to Rome, because he busted up her liaison with II Duce, is the daughter of a French* Jewish merchant ... You Should Know Our .private gumshoes report that ""the ToUowing gentlemen were amoiig the 18 people present at that secret Jewish unity pow-wow at the New Yorlc Harmonife Club, which we told you about a few columns back . . . Professors Horace M. Kallen and Jerome Michael, wJio are affiliated with the American Jewish Congress; Edward Grecnebaum of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee; Louis Fabri- cant, Henry Monsky and Carl Aus¬ trian of tlie B'liai Brith, and Judge A. K. Cohen of Boston and Modic Spiegel of Chicago , . . None of the gentlemen represented their organiza¬ tions . . . We hear that the meeting, and others to follow, are an out¬ growth of that recent parley called in Chicago by the Anti-Defamation League . . , That anti-Nazi outfit which we reported as being ready to fold got a new lease on life tlianks to some unexpected money obtained from one of its big shots . . . Marvin Lowenthal, author and globe trotter, now has a cubbyhole in the American Jewish Committee's office . . . There's a movement afoot to draft Harry Schaffer of Pittsburgh for a second term as commander-in-chief of the Jewish War Veterans . . . He's done a swell job . . . Incidentally, Detroit will probably get thc 193S convention of the J. W. V. . . , AU the rabbis who serve auis Lipsky, who fol¬ lowed him as chairman and returned m V}>1 to Iiead the organization; Judge Julian W. Maqk, successor to Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, and Morris Rothenberg, who preceded Dr. Wise, will 'review the chief developments during their period of leadership of the Zionist Organi:iation of America.
Climaxing the convention will be a mass nieeting qn Tuesday evening, June 29th, at Carnegie Hall, %vhere
tor in the preservation of democracy, [ high govei nment officials represent-
mately $125,00(1^ (3) the sum of» , , - • ,.
$300,000 for-cxp^iting public i^^orks'^'-^''^^''-''^'^'^^*'"*^^'^"'^ 1'"*'""^'^'*''^'^'' and building construction undertaken | '^P'^^^'^'S slander^ and falsehoods to
with the co-operation of the Bitzur Corporation; (4) thc floating of e new bond issue of $250,000; (5) to¬ gether with. Nir, the colonization company of the Histadruth, thc Jew¬ ish Agency to undertake the building ot 300 new houses in labor colonies, and (0) a large irrigation project hi the Emek, "which will cost more than $300,000, to be sponsored by Meko- roth, a water company (jreated by thc Keren Hayesod and the Keren Kaye¬ meth, together with the Jewish Agency and Nir,
Coughlin Union Bars Jews
^ DETROIT (WNS)—Belying his repeated denials that he is an anti- Semite, ^Father Charles E. Coughlin has organized a new labor movement which specifically excludes Jews. The name of the organization is the Work¬ ers' Council for Social Justice and it will be affiliated with the radio priest's National Union for Social Justice. Announcement of the new organization, in the current isaue of Social Justice, Father Coughlin's weekly, reveals that membership in the councils will be limited to Chris¬ tians, Catholic or Protestant.
Nazi Court Annuls Wiir Mak¬ ing Jew Heir
' BERLIN, \WNS)—A new device iiiv confiscating Jewish property in Germany has been evolved by a Leip¬ zig court which annulled the will of a German who had made his heir a Jew. The court ruled that this will was "contrary to German race senti¬ ment." The judicial, magazine, Deutsche Justiz, pubtishckl the de¬ cision and described it as "important in principal."
Boston Bans Shylock from Public School Curriculum
BOSTON (WNS)-Boston joined the growing list of cities that have barred thc use of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" from the pub¬ lic school curriculum when the mu¬ nicipal school committee voted to eliminate the "Shylock" sto;*y as compulsory classroom reading. The school committee acted after having received many complaints from Jew¬ ish organizations, including the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League. . Un¬ der the new regulations adopted by the scliool committee, the play is for¬ bidden as a subject of classroom dis¬ cussion, but may be selected by pupils for voluntary reading.-
Rooaevelt Gets Plea or Arabs
JERUSALEM (WNS-Palcor
Agency)—An appeal to' President Franklin D. Roosevelt on behalf of the Arabs of Palestine was dis¬ patched from here in the form of a cablegram by the Arab Higher,Com¬ mittee. Tile message declared that the Arabs, were, "saddened and alarmed by the efforts of the Jews to induce the United Slates to inter¬ vene against the just Arab demand to live freely in our own country."
Pittsburgh Jews to Lose Pri¬ mary Votes Because of Yom Kippur
PITTSBURGH (WNS)—Election boards in Alleghany County will be seriously disrupted because the pri¬ mary election is scheduled for Sep¬ tember 14th, the day before Yom Kippur. Election officials expect that all Jewish members of the election boards will resign, There is.also fear that a large proportion of the 00,000 eligible Jewish voters who customarily vote late in the dai will not cast bal¬ lots because of the holiday eve.
thc detriment and hurt of the Jew, A particular effort therefore has been made to gain entree into those sec¬ tions of the country where the Jews, few in number, are more likely to feel the scourge of this type of persecution.
Not in any sense a propagandist or proselytiziii'^ agency. The Jewish Cliautauqua Society aims, through its speakers, to present scholarly, truth¬ ful pictures of Jewish culture, of Jew¬ ish history, and of the J-ewish spirit, hoping thereby to promote understand¬ ing, good will and friendly coopera¬ tion, and to dispel and to destroy hatred, misunderstanding and misin¬ formation.
As the first Chautauqua speaker in the Columbus area, the organization will on next Wednesday, June 30, at Ohio State University, present Rabbi David Wicc of Omaha. Rabbi Wice's topic will be "Judaism and Democ¬ racy." The Rabbi is regarded as one of the abler of the younger members of the Rabbinate. The public is cordially invited to hear him.
Urge Christians and Jews to
Back Boycott as Aid To
German Christians
NEW YOKK (WNS)--An appeal to Christian .md Jew tp join in the supiKJirt ot the German Protestant churches in then fight for existence and a propusil that American Chris¬ tians give hiuincial support to the anti-Najii buytalt were mado here by Samuel Untermyer, president of the Non-Sccmuii Anti-Nazi League. He said th it such united action "would put the ttittering Hitler regime out of business within a few months."
NEW PLAN FOR AID TO GERMAN JEWS READY
LONDON (WNS) —Completion of. arrangeincnts for facilitating re¬ lief to JewH ill Germany by their friends and relatives ajiroad on an advantageous biisis have been com¬ pleted, it was announced here by the Interiiation?! ¦ Commercial and In¬ vestment Agency; The agency also rcT ported tJie conHusion of arrangements for assisting (Jcnnan Jews who emi¬ grate to take their capital with them.
Judge Jacob 1'eitel of.;Berlin, 88- year-old leader of the Russian Jewish colony there, has arrived in London on a mission to obtain help for the Russian Jews m Berlin. He reported that their plight was pitiable.
Ida R. Goldsmith Passes
We deeply regret to announce the death of Mrs. Ida R. Goldsmith, which occurred Saturday, June 19, at the White Cross Hospital. The cause of her death was peritonitis, resulting from an appendicitis operation. Mrs, Goldsmith was one Of the most be¬ loved and' highly esteemed members of the Jewish community. She was president of the Rose E. Lazarus Sis¬ terhood of Temple Israel, and promi¬ nent Ul civic and club activities. The deceased was also a former director of the Columbus Women's Club and an active Community Fund worker.
Surviving are her husband, Sol W. Goldsmith, a daughter, Bettye, and a son, Byron.
Funeral services were held in Schoedinger's Chapel Monday, at II a. m., with interment in Green Lawn Cemetery, Rabbi Lee J. Levinger ot- ficiatcd.
and the last remnants of the treaties and pledges that were solemnly made at the end of the World War.
World Zionist leaders now look to America for a reinforcement of their position in the'struggle against cur¬ tailment of Jewish rights in Palestine, as world Jewish leaders look to America for encouragement in the struggle for a maintenance 6i Jewish rights throughout the world. The fact that the convention of the Zionist OrganizEEtion of America will be held in New York in itself represents an cxtraordinarj state of affairs, since the only other convention ever held in this city was the one following the World War where the era of upbuild¬ ing was launched following the estab¬ lishment of the mandate over Pales¬ tine. The necessity for mobilizing not only the Jews of America but all Americans hi support of Palestine will bring into focus the need for en¬ larging thCs scope of the Zionist Or- ganii^ation, and it is expected that this question will receive considerable at¬ tention during the sessions of the fortieth anniversary convention. This will be more or less of a logical
ing the nation, state and city will join with leading Zionist personalities in voicing opposition of Ambrica to any plan that may be proposed by the (RoyaV Commission curbing the Jevr¬ ish development of Pafestine in viola^-" tion of the Balfour Declaration and the League of Nations Mandate. At this mass meeting the sentiments of the government representatives will reflect the attitude of the American Governin